A few months ago Sinclair launched an AI pilot project across the Academic Affairs division. Faculty and staff could apply with project ideas for their departments and if accepted, would get access to institutional paid accounts to ChatGPT or Claude to work on those projects. I’d long been thinking about potentially using AI to help […]
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New Video Series: Built to Last in Dayton
I’m excited to have launched a new social media video series featuring Dayton history and architecture. The series called Built to Last in Dayton and the idea is to feature prominent buildings that have stood the test of time, with a dive into some of their history and evolution over the years. I think it’s […]
Career Competencies and What I Learned at the NACE Conference
Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Denver, Colorado through Sinclair for a conference. Unlike my typical professional development, however, it wasn’t a library conference. Instead, it was the NACE Conference, for the National Association of Colleges and Employers. To be perfectly honest, I don’t think I even knew what NACE was about […]
What Was the First Social Media Platform? History of the Earliest Networking Sites
Quick answer: There’s no single “first” social media platform, since the idea evolved in stages. SixDegrees.com, launched in 1997, is usually credited as the first site to combine the core features we now associate with social media: personal profiles, visible friend lists, and the ability to browse a friend’s connections. But the roots go back […]
Upcoming Talk on Dayton Industrial History at the Dayton Arcade
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of local history events, from my lunchtime walking tours at Courthouse Square to smaller visits and tours for Sinclair faculty and staff. I also recently gave a talk at the Hub at the Dayton Arcade about Dayton’s train and rail history for the All Aboard Ohio group. I’m working […]
Summer Series of Lunchtime Dayton Walking Tours
I’ve been leading walking tours in Dayton off and on for a few years now, and this summer I’m excited to have gotten a chance to establish a more regular series. I partnered up with the Downtown Dayton Partnership and their Curio at Courthouse Square lunchtime programming to do a series of tours on Wednesdays […]